Links and Resources

Barnahus European resources

There are excellent resources on all aspects of the Barnahus model, latest research and training opportunities.

European Barnahus Network – https://barnahus.eu

Barnahus Quality Standards: Guidance for Multidisciplinary and Interagency Response to Child Victims and Witnesses of Violence

Webinar introducing Barnahus and the Quality Standards – Barnahus Network (January 2025)

Mapping study on multidisciplinary and interagency child-friendly justice models responding to violence against children in Council of Europe member states (2023)

Building a culture of participation in justice and recovery for child victims – Barnahus Network

Hill, L., Lundy, L., Mitchell, M., (2021). Participation in Barnahus. Implementing children’s rights to participate in decision making. The European Promise Network. Stockholm.

What is Barnahus? (2018)

Barnahus video

National Guidelines for Barnahus in Slovenia

Roadmap towards establishing, operating and evaluating Barnahus in Slovenia

Executive summary of the mapping study on the implementation of Barnahus in Spain

Analysis of the legal, regulatory, and policy framework concerning child sexual abuse in Ireland with a focus on interagency information and data sharing processes

Scottish Government Bairns Hoose resources

Scottish Government website with information related to Bairns Hoose developments: bairnshoosescotland.com | Providing children and young people across Scotland with access to trauma-informed recovery, support and justice

Health Improvement Scotland & Care Inspectorate (2023) Bairns’ Hoose Standards: Final Standards Published by Health Improvement Scotland 20230510-Bairns-Hoose-Standards-2022.pdf and accompanying posters for children BAIRNS-HOOSE-STANDARDS-POSTERS-FINAL.pdf

Scottish Government (2023) National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2021 – Updated 2023, Edinburgh: Scottish Government

Scottish Government (2025) Children’s rights skills and knowledge framework

Trauma-informed justice resources from NHS Education Scotland

Website has online learning resources and events here: How to support trauma-informed practice in the justice sector

NHS Education for Scotland (2023) Trauma Informed Justice Knowledge and Skills Framework trauma-informed-justice-knowledge-and-skills-framework.pdf

NHS Education for Scotland / National Trauma Training Programme (2017) Transforming Psychological Trauma Knowledge and Skills framework  

NHS Education for Scotland and Scottish Government (2019) The Scottish Psychological Trauma Training Plan

Vlachou, M., Sebhelyi, V., and Adelaine, A. (2025). Informing Bairns’ Hoose Implementation in Scotland: A Literature Review. Glasgow: Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice.

Scottish Child Interview Model – COSLA

University of Edinburgh Child Safety, Justice and Recovery Group

Find out more about the evaluation work across Scotland here - Bairns' Hoose (Barnahus) Evaluation - Scotland, School of Social and Political Science

Mitchell,M., Warrington,C., Devaney, J., Lavoie.J., Lamb, E., Hill, L., Wretman, C., Duncan,C (2024) The Journey so far: North Strathclyde Bairns Hoose - Phase Two Evaluation Report. Child Safety, Justice and Recovery Group, University of Edinburgh

As part of the evaluation work in North Strathclyde, a draft data set matrix was developed to support data collection - North Strathclyde Bairns Hoose suggested data list with data purpose 2022- 2023.pdf

Accessible version: A learning summary about the first year of the North Strathclyde Bairns Hoose 2023-2024. The Story So Far (March 2025). Published by University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science, Social Work Subject Area.

Lavoie, J.; M. Mitchell; C. Warrington; L. Hill; P. Yates (2024) Exploring Justice Tensions in the Barnahus Model, chapter 3 in in Justice and Recovery for Victimised Children (Eds) Susanna Johansson,  Kari Stefansen, Elisiv Bakketeig and Anna Kaldal Palgrave Macmillan Cham DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-53233-7_3

Devaney, J; M.  Mitchell; R.  Alaggia; C. Gray (2024) Papering over the Cracks or Rebuilding the System: Opportunities and Challenges for the Barnahus Model in the United Kingdom, chapter 9 in Justice and Recovery for Victimised Children Palgrave Macmillan Cham DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-53233-7_9

Mitchell, M., Lundy, L., Hill L (2023) Children’s Human Rights to ‘Participation’ and ‘Protection’: rethinking the relationship using Barnahus as a case example in Child Abuse Review Vol 32, Issue 6 http://doi.org/10.1002/car.2820

Mitchell, M., Warrington, C., Devaney, J., Lavoie J. and Yates, P. (2023) North Strathclyde Bairns Hoose Evaluation: Phase One Report. Child Safety, Justice and Recovery Group, University of Edinburgh

Hill, L., Lundy, L. and Mitchell, M. (2021) Building a culture of participation in Barnahus: Implementing Children’s Right to Participate in Decision-Making. The Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat.

Building a culture of participation in justice and recovery for child victims (Webinar) This session was held at the World Congress on Justice with Children 2021. The session introduces how Barnahus in Europe have involved children in their work, and explores ways of embedding child participation into safe and informed pathways to justice for children. The session draws on a Promise paper on building a participatory culture in Barnahus and the Lundy model of child participation.

Lavoie, J., Hemady, C., Mitchell, M., Devaney, J., Hill, L., (2021) Responding to Child Victims and Witnesses of Trauma and Abuse: Addressing the Support Needs of Children and Families Through the Barnahus Model University of Edinburgh for Healthcare Improvement Scotland.

Lavoie, J., Devaney, J., Mitchell, M., Bunting L., Miller, A. and Hill, L. (2022) Putting the Child at the Centre: Barnahus (Children’s House) - a one-door approach to supporting children who have been sexually abused in Northern Ireland. University of Edinburgh for Northern Ireland Children and Young People’s Commissioner. 